hadith
96
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Sanan ibn Zarif said: “I told Imam Sadiq (a.s) that I am afraid to be reprimanded. He asked me why. I said I asked God for a thousand Durhams, and He granted it to me. I asked him for a servant, and He gave me one. Then Imam Sadiq (a.s) asked me what I have to say now. I said praise be to God. He said: “What you have said is better than what you have been given.”
عن سنان بن طريف قال
قلت لأبي عبد الله (عليه السلام): خشيت أن أكون مستدرجا، قال: ولم؟ قلت: لأني دعوت الله أن يرزقني دارا فرزقني، ودعوت الله أن يرزقني ألف درهم فرزقني ألفا، ودعوته أن يرزقني خادما فرزقني خادما، قال: فأي شئ تقول؟ قال: أقول: الحمد لله، قال: فما أعطيت أفضل مما أعطيت!.
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